When working dove’s eye filling stitch in Hardanger, you can work it either clockwise or anticlockwise. Both are acceptable, and both work. However, for consistency, you should always stick with the same method throughout a piece.
Do you stitch your dove’s eyes clockwise (right), or anticlockwise (left)? As an addition to this question, are you left- or right-handed? And further, is the thread you are stitching with S twist or Z twist?
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I am right-handed and stitch mine clockwise. There is no reason for this except that I just decided early on to stitch anything clockwise (eyelets, etc.) just to keep it easy to remember.
Susan, that is as good a reason as any for doing them clockwise! I think it sounds very sensible.
I’m another clockwise worker – for exactly the same reason as Susan above, and I’m a left-hander.